Shinichi Yamaji
# Shinichi Yamaji

Shinichi Yamaji (山路 慎一, Yamaji Shin'ichi, May 5, 1964 – May 26, 2014) was a Japanese race car driver. He formerly raced in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship, currently known as Super GT.

Yamaji's race debut was in 1986. He competed for YOURS Sports in the RX-7 at the JSS race at Fuji. He went on to take the championship in the RX-7 class of the Fuji Freshman Race series and from 1994 moved up to the All Japan GT Championship. He is widely remembered for an incident that occurred at the start of the 1998 race at Fuji in which, following a serious accident that resulted in an outbreak of fire, he rushed over to the stricken car and frantically worked to extinguish the engulfing flames. Thanks to his heroic efforts the driver, Tetsuya Ota, was able to escape with his life. In recent years he served as the Clerk of the Course at various events such as Fuji Speedway races and the D1 Grand Prix. In 2011, he retired from Super GT300. On May 25, 2014 he checked into a hospital due to a worsening illness and died the next day.

## Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Racing Team Nakaharu | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT1 | FUJ 2 | SEN 4 | FUJ 5 | SUG 5 | MIN 6 | | | | | 3rd | 47 |
| 1996 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 | GT300 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 9 | SEN 3 | FUJ 3 | SUG 5 | MIN 6 | | | | 6th | 40 |
| 1997 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 | GT300 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 3 | SEN 5 | FUJ Ret | MIN 10 | SUG 4 | | | | 8th | 31 |
| 1998 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 | GT300 | SUZ Ret | FUJ C | SEN 3 | FUJ 5 | MOT Ret | MIN 9 | SUG 6 | | | 10th | 28 |
| 1999 | Matsumotokiyoshi Team Tom's | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 13 | FUJ Ret | SUG 2 | MIN 14 | FUJ 13 | TAI 6 | MOT 6 | | | 16th | 27 |
| 2000 | MatsumotoKiyoshi Team Tom's | Toyota Supra | GT500 | MOT 12 | FUJ Ret | SUG 3 | FUJ 13 | TAI 9 | MIN Ret | SUZ 7 | | | 14th | 18 |
| 2001 | TOMs Racing Team | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 5 | FUJ 9 | SUG 1 | FUJ 10 | MOT 8 | SUZ 4 | MIN 9 | | | 6th | 46 |
| 2002 | Tsuchiya Engineering | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 6 | FUJ 13 | SUG 11 | SEP Ret | FUJ 3 | MOT 9 | MIN 5 | SUZ 7 | | 15th | 32 |
| 2003 | Team Taisan Advan | Porsche 996 GT3 R | GT300 | TAI 2 | FUJ 1 | SUG 8 | FUJ 6 | FUJ 4 | MOT Ret | AUT 3 | SUZ 9 | | 3rd | 72 |
| 2004 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 | GT300 | TAI 11 | SUG 4 | SEP 1 | TOK 10 | MOT Ret | AUT 1 | SUZ 18 | | | 4th | 55 |
| 2005 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 | GT300 | OKA 2 | FUJ Ret | SEP 8 | SUG 4 | MOT 7 | FUJ 17 | AUT 4 | SUZ 12 | | 9th | 41 |
| 2006 | Team Taisan Advan | Porsche 996 GT3 RSR | GT300 | SUZ | OKA 8 | FUJ 7 | SEP | SUG | | | | FUJ 8 | 18th | 16 |
| 2006 | RE Amemiya | Mazda RX-7 | GT300 | | | | | | SUZ 4 | | | | 18th | 16 |
| 2006 | 910 Racing with Team Ishimatsu | Porsche 996 GT3 R | GT300 | | | | | | | MOT 14 | AUT | | 18th | 16 |
| 2007 | Taisan with Nishizawa | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | GT300 | SUZ 11 | OKA 3 | FUJ 21 | SEP | SUG | SUZ | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 21st | 12 |
| 2008 | Taisan with Nishizawa | Porsche 911 GT3 RS | GT300 | SUZ 3 | OKA 2 | FUJ Ret | SEP 15 | SUG 7 | SUZ 5 | MOT 4 | AUT 15 | FUJ | 8th | 51 |
| 2011 | Team Taisan Cinecitta | Ferrari F430 | GT300 | OKA 9 | FUJ 9 | SEP | SUG 12 | SUZ 17 | FUJ 21 | AUT | MOT Ret | | 18th | 4 |
